Boxing people: When did the WBO become a real TOP title?

When other sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC) started turning into a joke. WBC has the best looking belt, though, I'll give them that.

The WBA is a joke with super and regular champions. The WBC is a joke with champions in recess. The IBF is a joke with their rehydration clauses (if it's that big of a deal, do a same-day weigh-in) and stripping on belts before unificiations (Cotto-Margarito I, Cotto-Clottey, Bradley-Alexander).

IBF is way more legit than the WBC and the WBA now. those belts are jokes now. What do you have against the WBC? Their belt looks badass.

No one can say a belt is better than the other WBC = Handing Mexicans titles like candy...WBO = Same but with Rican fighters. WBA 80 milllion "Champions per weight class" IBF = Nothing since Tito. Ring Titlecould use a bit of work too not much.. But to say WBC id over WBo ect it's absurd at the time Cotto and Pac fought for the Welter title Andre Berto was WBC holder so I guess it can go diff ways. That green Belt just pops out at people is the most popular but not nec the best.

The WBA sucks more for their super and regular system. A LOT MORE. I agree. I don't like any of the orgs, but they're by far the worst with all that crap.

Was it when "Prince" Naseem Hamed held the belt? I'd say they came to prominence in 2001 when the had a fighter named Darrin Morris in their rankings. The WBO twice moved Darrin Morris up in its super-middleweight rankings in 2001, despite the fact that he was dead. Morris was Number 7 at the time of his death and Number 5 when the WBO discovered the error. Varcarcel said, "We obviously missed the fact that Darrin was dead. It is regrettable." Valcarcel also stated that other boxing sanctioning organizations had made similar errors in the past by continuing to rank another boxer after he was dead. One week after British newspaper The Independent broke the story, one of the three men ranking the boxers, Gordon Volkman, still had not heard that Morris was dead.

The WBA sucks more for their super and regular system. A LOT MORE.

I remember Calzaghe held it for like 10 years without fighting one good opponent. I think that's when people started pretending it was a real belt.

Scabs like this fool help to legitimize the WBO... People always complain about the alphabet titles....then support more titles. WBA > WBO They all suck, but let's not pretend the all suck equally.

The WBO President (I forget his name) continually represented himself and his organization well at conferences and conventions, working steadfastly at making the title credible. He was able to get European promoters to align with him and then got some big American name fighters as well, which helped turn the perception around 2001-2002 ish. Paco Valcarcel

The WBO President (I forget his name) continually represented himself and his organization well at conferences and conventions, working steadfastly at making the title credible. He was able to get European promoters to align with him and then got some big American name fighters as well, which helped turn the perception around 2001-2002 ish. A la Calslappy who held one for 10 years plus!

The WBO President (I forget his name) continually represented himself and his organization well at conferences and conventions, working steadfastly at making the title credible. He was able to get European promoters to align with him and then got some big American name fighters as well, which helped turn the perception around 2001-2002 ish.

Eubank and Barrera were two really good fighters in the late 90's early 2000's who carried the WBO title and were considered among the best in their division. That's when it really got going...

Nowadys the wbc and wba turned into jokes with their 3-4 champions per weightclass.

The WBO before has become a stepping stone for their champions to challenge for the WBC belt. Vitali Klitschko and Dela Hoya are prime examples.

I'm not sure, sometime around the early 2000s I guess. Nowadays lots of big time fighters hold the WBO title. Pacquiao, Wlad, Bradley, Marquez, Salido, Viloria, and Pirog all hold the WBO title, and they are considered the best or among the best in their division.

Was it when "Prince" Naseem Hamed held the belt? I still don't consider it top. Its WBC and WBA for me. IBF is legitimate but when I started watching boxing there was no IBF.